404 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
their hands and poles, and driving the school before them into the 
open net. The malolo will not dive to any depth, and are always 
found swimming very near the surface, so that, when completely sur- 
rounded by the canoes, they can be driven wherever wanted. This 
fishing is called lawaia-o-kaiuli, ‘* blue-sea fishing,” by the natives as 
they frequently have to go several miles out to sea after the fish. A 
favorite spot is off Waikiki beach. The malolo is frequently pounded 
up fine by the natives and then mixed with other substances and eaten 
raw. 
The iheihe (a species of halfbeak, Hudeptorhamphus), a long, thin 
fish, usually a foot and a half in length, with a very sharp-pointed 
snout, that generally arrives at the islands about the same time as the 
malolo and the akule, are sometimes captured in a similar net and in 
the manner described. ; 
The largest bag net in use is the upena kolo, and owing to its size it 
‘an only be used at a few places around the islands, Honolulu Harbor 
being the principal place. It is an immense bag, from 16 to 24 fathoms 
in depth, which is very narrow at the extreme end, but widens out 
into an immense flaring mouth. The bag is fine-meshed, so that the 
small fishes will not escape. Attached to the mouth of the bag, on 
each side, are wings 16 to 20 fathoms deep. This net is swept around 
the harbor by natives in canoes, who pull the net with ropes, and it 
scoops up everything in its path, the principal species taken being the 
hahalalu, the young of the akule, and the amaama, or mullet. 
Upena poo is a small bag net, with a light supple pole cut from the 
pohuehue (/pomea pes-capr) vine for the mouth. This pole forms 
three-fourths of a circle when not in use. When in operation the 
fisherman draws the two ends together, crosses them, and holds them 
tight in his hand. A small stick, with pieces of rag or lau hala leaves 
attached to the end, is also used. When fishing the native paddles his 
‘anoe along until it is immediately over a rocky bottom where holes 
are numerous, takes the bag in his left hand and the small stick in his 
right hand, and dives to the bottom. He pushes the bag close up to 
one of the holes and with the stick brushes the fish from the holes into 
the bag. He then allows the two ends of the stick to slide down in 
his hand until the ends lie parallel, and this nearly closes the mouth 
of the bag, after which he ascends to the surface and empties the bag 
into his boat. 
Another style of net is arranged with two pieces parallel to each 
other, about 6 inches apart, the bag being about 24 feet in depth and 
width. One stick is supple, while the other is rigid. When in use 
the fisherman pushes the pliable stick along the other until it is about 
the middle of the latter, and holds it in this position, thus bowing it 
out and making an opening for the fish. When he wants to close it 
he merely lets the stick slide back until it is even with the other, when 
he holds both tight. 
